Microtea
# Microtea

Microtea, the jumby peppers, are a genus of flowering plants in the family Microteaceae, native to the Caribbean islands, Central America, and South America.

## Species

Microtea was originally placed in the Phytolaccaceae, but now have their own family, the Microteaceae. Species currently accepted by The Plant List are as follows:

* Microtea debilis Sw. (weak jumby pepper)
* Microtea glochidiata Moq.
* Microtea longebracteata H. Walter
* Microtea maypurensis (Kunth) G.Don
* Microtea paniculata Moq.
* Microtea portoricensis Urb. (Puerto Rico jumby pepper)
* Microtea scabrida Urb.
* Microtea sulcicaulis Chodat
* Microtea tenuifolia Moq.
